TY - BOOK AU - Perry,Anne TI - A Christmas vanishing: a novel T2 - Thorndike Press Large print top shelf SN - 9798885793131 PY - 2023/// CY - [Waterville, Maine] PB - Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company KW - Grandmothers KW - Fiction KW - Female friendship KW - Missing persons KW - Investigation KW - Villages KW - Secrecy KW - Large type books KW - England KW - Christmas fiction KW - lcgft KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - Large print books KW - Novels N2 - "Mariah Ellison, Charlotte Pitt's grandmother, accepts her friend Sadie's invitation to spend Christmas with her and her husband, Barton. But upon arrival, Mariah discovers that Sadie has vanished without a trace, and Barton rudely rescinds the invitation. Once Mariah finds another acquaintance to stay with, she begins investigating. Did Sadie run off with another man? Was she kidnapped? It is up to Mariah to master her own feelings, drown out the noise and get to the bottom of what occurred, all before Christmas day. With the holiday rapidly approaching, will she succeed in bringing Sadie home in time for them to celebrate it together--or is that too much to hope for?"-- ER -